Baseball remains one of the most popular American sports today and, moreover, is one of the most successful forms of entertainment in America. As a result, baseball is an economic being in its own right. However, the sustainability of any professional sports organization directly depends on its economic capabilities. For example, in baseball, all revenue is the product of fan reaction to ticket prices, advertising, television contracts, etc. During the devastating Great Depression of 1929, baseball fans experienced fiscal suffering. Baseball's appeal waned as more and more people tried to earn enough money to live. There has been a significant decline in attention, participation and enjoyment. Although baseball's viability may have seemed threatened by the overwhelming Great Depression, the baseball community modernized their sport by implementing new changes that led to the game's survival. Radio broadcasts were a development that kept the "American pastime" alive and provided the sport with additional audiences. . During these difficult times, many people could not afford tickets to baseball games, so listening to the radio was a very attractive option. Of course, some ballclub owners claimed that airing games was hurting viewership. However, evidence shows that the radio broadcast made more people interested in sport, leading more people to attend it. For example, the St. Louis Cardinals banned broadcasts during the 1934 season and attendance levels dropped to 283,000 fewer than in the 1931 championship season. The public clearly appreciated the new radio broadcast of games and the media expressed their feelings. The Chicago Tribune published a lively discussion... in the middle of the paper... about what players would be on the team, and would receive prizes for the accuracy of their guesses. The excitement of the All-Star Game and incentive prizes were very attractive to people, even during the Great Depression. As a result, the all-star game, which is still played today, went a long way in saving baseball during the Great Depression. Finally, the incorporation of night baseball was used in an attempt to attract more fans. Baseball had been played under artificial lighting since the 1880s, but it wasn't until the Great Depression that night baseball became very common. Night games were advantageous to baseball because spectators no longer had to skip work to attend a baseball game during the day. Furthermore, night games were new and exciting for fans, so spectators went to night games simply because it seemed like a unique experience..